Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Congress Casts Rahul Gandhi as Batman Amid Protest Detentions
Congress shared a short video comparing Rahul Gandhi to Batman.
Gandhi had joked about being Batman during an online question session two months earlier.
The video showed Gandhi standing above a crowd and Batman watching over a city.
Earlier, posters had also compared Gandhi to the superhero.
On Tuesday, Gandhi, his sister Priyanka, and other Congress leaders joined a sit-in protest.
They were objecting to decisions by election chief Gyanesh Kumar and alleged problems with voter lists.
Police detained the leaders and took Gandhi and Priyanka to a police station.
They were released at about 10 p.m.
Congress posted an Instagram reel portraying Rahul Gandhi as Gotham's protector alongside images of Batman.
The reel followed Gandhi's playful Batman quip during an Instagram question-and-answer session two months earlier.
The article says posters comparing Gandhi to Batman had also appeared near Congress headquarters and in central Delhi in August.
Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other Congress leaders were detained during an INDIA Bloc sit-in near the Election Commission's office.
The protesters objected to decisions by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged irregularities in voter-roll revision; Gandhi and Priyanka were released around 10 p.m.
- Who
- Congress, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other INDIA Bloc leaders; Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was the subject of the protesters' demands.
- What
- Congress posted a reel portraying Rahul Gandhi as Batman, while Gandhi, Priyanka and other leaders were detained during a protest sit-in.
- When
- The detentions occurred on Tuesday evening; Gandhi and Priyanka were released at around 10 p.m. The article says the Batman quip was made two months earlier and posters appeared in August.
- Where
- The sit-in took place at Akashwani Bhawan near the poll body's office in Delhi; Gandhi and Priyanka were taken to Kingsway Camp Police Station.
- Why
- The INDIA Bloc protesters demanded Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and objected to what they called unilateral decisions and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.
- Instagram reel
- Congress shared a 13-second reel portraying Rahul Gandhi as Gotham's protector.
- Earlier remark
- Two months earlier, Gandhi joked that no one had seen him and Batman in the same room.
- Earlier posters
- Posters calling Gandhi the 'real-life Batman' appeared near Congress headquarters and in parts of central Delhi in August.
- Protest
- The INDIA Bloc sit-in was held on the premises of Akashwani Bhawan.
- Protest demands
- Protesters demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and objected to alleged voter-roll revision irregularities.
- Detention and release
- Delhi Police detained Gandhi and other leaders at around 8 p.m.; Gandhi and Priyanka were released at around 10 p.m.